Kaur

*723 MEMORANDUM ***

Narinder Kaur, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming the denial by the immigration judge (IJ) of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction under § llOSata). 1 Based on the following, we deny the petition.

In order to be eligible for a discretionary grant of asylum, an alien has the burden of demonstrating that she has been persecuted, or has a well-founded fear of persecution, in her native country on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 483-84 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We review credibility findings under a substantial evidence standard of review. See Singhr-Kaur v. INS, 183 F.3d 1147, 1149 (9th Cir.1999).

Kaur claimed that she is entitled to asylum based upon political activities on her part that resulted in mistreatment by the authorities. The IJ conducted a full hearing on her application. Inasmuch as the BIA adopted the reasoning of the IJ,…